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FELLOWSHIP TITLE: Senior Implementation Research AdvisorHOST ORGANIZATION: Research and Policy Division, Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development

LOCATION: Arlington, VA

POSITION LEVEL: Senior Technical Advisor

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TRAVEL: 20-25% estimated travel

STAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health (GH) Bureau. Its purpose is twofold: (1) Through individual fellowships, STAR will help strengthen the capacity of diverse American and low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) health professionals at all levels to make innovative contributions to global health (GH); and (2) STAR will create ground-breaking opportunities for both US and LMIC GH academic institutions and other groups, including professional associations, to create systems for open-access knowledge sharing, resulting in effective partnerships. STAR’s individual and institutional participants are contributing to the development of self-sustaining systems and tools that will produce global citizens with the full spectrum of relevant health competencies. STAR is managed by the Public Health Institute and implemented in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

The STAR Fellowship is a two-year global health and learning opportunity with:

Individualized, tailored support to enhance the fellow’s achievement personal and professional goals

Access to broad professional networks to enhance peer learning and knowledge sharing

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

Background:

USAID's Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) in the Bureau for Global Health focuses on the development, introduction and support the pathway to sustained and scale-up use of evidence-based interventions to prevent and treat the major causes of maternal child, and newborn deaths and improve nutrition. This effort includes reaching every child with immunization services, prevention and treatment of pneumonia and diarrhea, and mitigate key environmental drivers of child illness (e.g. poor hygiene or levels of indoor smoke). Within the MCHN office, the Research and Policy Division (RP) provides technical leadership, guidance, and coordination to advance the integrated use of policy, monitoring and evaluation as well as other data management approaches, research and development, i.e. with a special focus on implementation research and research utilization to accelerate the uptake, scaling up, and sustained and effective integration and use of maternal, newborn, child, community and environmental health and nutrition programming. The division brings together a multi-disciplinary team with expertise that includes applied and implementation research, monitoring and evaluation, technology development, community health, policy, and social and behavior change.

Introduction:

The Senior Implementation Research Advisor (Senior Advisor) is a member of a multidisciplinary division of research and policy and works most closely with Health Research Program, which is focused on the accelerated development, uptake and use of research and research utilization activities supporting achievement of the Agency’s health and development objectives. The Senior Advisor will join a team responsible for technical oversight and coordination of applied, evaluative and implementation research, technology development and research utilization activities, undertaken through cooperative agreement, contracts, and grants to WHO and UNICEF. While historically the portfolio has focused on maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition, its research-to-use efforts may also address activities related to malaria, HIV, and other infectious diseases, family planning, and health systems strengthening.

The Senior Advisor is responsible to advance Agency health and development objectives through technical leadership by providing expert guidance and technical support that advances the Health Research Program (www.harpnet.org) research-to-use vision. This work includes supporting implementation research, research utilization, facilitation of partnerships of researchers, policy makers, and implementers and exercising other related expertise relevant for building capacity and greater use of real-time research to use efforts by USAID, at its headquarters and missions, technical counterparts, Ministries of Health, and USAID cooperating agencies, and other partners.

Reporting structure:

The Senior Advisor will receive technical direction from the Research Team Lead, Research and Policy Division who will serve as his/her onsite manager.

Responsibilities and Outcomes:

Improved coordination and strategic framing of USAID and partner-funded implementation research and utilization reflecting research best practices

Support the development of agency strategies that maximize the accelerated development and cost-effectiveness application of the Agency’s research, technology development, and research translation investments to sustain and ultimately support scaled programs in support of the pathway of countries to to self-reliance.

Provide technical coordination and guidance to advance the strategic framing, development, capacity, and greater use of embedded implementation research, research utilization as part of projects and activities under the auspices of the Health Research Program, other headquarters and mission-relevant, and host country and other partner program investments in support of real-time program learning and improvement in support of effective and efficient health programs

Advance the use of implementation research, adaptive learning, quality improvement and related approaches in the application of new and improved research and research utilization methodologies and practices that accelerate the research-to-use process in LMICs.

Facilitate a systematic approach to planning, implementation, and translation of research and evidence into practice through analysis, coordination and engagement of key partners through partnership approaches and co-design and other catalytic collaborative efforts in conjunction with USAID staff in Washington and at mission level, implementation projects, other federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and additional potential partners.

Work in conjunction with USAID staff to support effective and efficient administrative actions, project monitoring, reporting to fulfill agency requirements.

Identify opportunities to build real-time embedded implementation research and research utilization capacity in USAID and partner organizations, particularly in low and middle-income country institutions.

Enhance linkages between research, research translation and other development-related activities across USAID, host government, and partner activities working in collaboration with other staff in the MCHN Office, Bureau for Global Health offices, missions, host governments, multilaterals, advocates, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and funders.

Review the literature for new developments, promoting best practices, policies and emerging issues in selected technical areas that may include neonatal, child and maternal health, infectious diseases, and health services research.

Cultivate mentorship skills based on the STAR GH mentorship curriculum to more effectively support and improve knowledge transfer and skills acquisition of staff, incoming fellows and interns related to implementation research.

Apply leadership skills and technical expertise to support programmatic growth and scale up within maternal, child health and nutrition and other related field programming through the practice of implementation research and research/evidence utilization.

FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS

Required:

MD, PhD in public health or related field desired and/or equivalent experience in real world implementation research efforts.

Minimum 13 years of relevant technical experience and master’s degree in public health or related discipline with experience in interdisciplinary health services, operations, and/or implementation research OR a minimum of 15 years of relevant technical experience with bachelor’s degree.

A minimum of 10-15 years working in a low-and-middle-income country setting.

Knowledge of health services/implementation research and evaluation methodologies, program design, and implementation, program implementation, as well as direct experience in translating research into use.

Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-site and multidisciplinary team-based organizational structure, including partners and other collaborators; experience with cross-cultural teams.

Familiarity with USAID program cycle.

Demonstrated technical leadership, policy experience, and problem-solving skills working on and providing expert oversight of complex projects in a highly sensitive

environment.

High degree of judgment, ingenuity and originality to interpret strategy, to analyze, develop and present work and to monitor and evaluate implementation of programs.

Track record of working effectively with a broad range of partners, and in a team environment and communicating highly technical health information to both health and non-health audiences.

All applicants are required to apply for this position through STAR’s online recruitment system at https://www.ghstar.org/, which allows you to store your CV/resume and separate cover letter describing your qualifications and experience, interest and familiarity with issues relating to this position, and how this position relates to your career goals is required for each application. All online applications must be submitted by March 31, 2019 by 5:00 pm Eastern time.

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MD, PhD in public health or related field desired and/or equivalent experience in real world implementation research efforts.

Minimum 13 years of relevant technical experience and master’s degree in public health or related discipline with experience in interdisciplinary health services, operations, and/or implementation research OR a minimum of 15 years of relevant technical experience with bachelor’s degree.

A minimum of 10-15 years working in a low-and-middle-income country setting.

Knowledge of health services/implementation research and evaluation methodologies, program design, and implementation, program implementation, as well as direct experience in translating research into use.

Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-site and multidisciplinary team-based organizational structure, including partners and other collaborators; experience with cross-cultural teams.

Familiarity with USAID program cycle.

Demonstrated technical leadership, policy experience, and problem-solving skills working on and providing expert oversight of complex projects in a highly sensitive

environment.

High degree of judgment, ingenuity and originality to interpret strategy, to analyze, develop and present work and to monitor and evaluate implementation of programs.

Track record of working effectively with a broad range of partners, and in a team environment and communicating highly technical health information to both health and non-health audiences.

Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health (GH) Bureau. Its purpose is twofold: (1) Through individual fellowships, STAR will help strengthen the capacity of diverse American and low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) health professionals at all levels to make innovative contributions to global health (GH); and (2) STAR will create ground-breaking opportunities for both US and LMIC GH academic institutions and other groups, including professional associations, to create systems for open-access knowledge sharing, resulting in effective partnerships. STAR’s individual and institutional participants are contributing to the development of self-sustaining systems and tools that will produce global citizens with the full spectrum of relevant health competencies. STAR is managed by the Public Health Institute, and implement in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).